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It ’s a world-wide rule of genre fabrication that the bad bozo are cooler than the good cat . That ’s true in many ways of the Decepticons , who often feature the most challenging designs of theTransformers . Some of the cool robots in disguise of all time reside on the dark side , particularly from the first iteration of the franchise , which began in 1984 .
But not all Decepticons are as coolheaded as others - in fact , some are decidedly uncool . Here are the five best and worst Decepticons from the first generation of the Transformers .
Best: Laserbeak
The basic primal delight of Transformers is taking something really cool and work it into something even cooler . Laserbeak accomplishes this with repose by converting from a cassette mag tape - middling cool back in 1984 - to a flying robot vulture . Most Transformers kept it pretty logical by switching from basic golem to some form of fomite , but Laserbreak break the stamp from the saltation . He also auspicate a lot of the fun the franchise will have with the 90sBeast Warscartoon .
Worst: Kickback
Early Decepticons explored the animate being kingdom a bit more - in reality a lot more - than their Autobot counterpart . grammatical case in stop were the Insecticons , who all became cybernetic dirt ball . The idea was nerveless enough , but the murder was n’t always there . Swarms of alien robotbugsought to have been chilling and coolheaded , but villains like Kickback were mostly just annoying . It ’s hard to imagine how a character style as smooth talker would get along so well being a giant metallic element golem - dirt ball .
Best: Starscream
Starscream is utterly annoying , but with him , it ’s part of his charm . Constantly trying to squirm his style into the leading of the Decepticons and constantly pummel it thanks to the iron hold of Megatron , his nonstarter is oddly compelling . Sneaky , two - look , and mostly incompetent , he ’s the perfect agency of center - direction except in malefic foreign golem physical body . He ’d fit in onThe Officesomewhere for sure . Starscream also had the benefit of being a supercool ultrasonic spurt , which made up for a tidy sum of his eccentric deficit .
Worst: Apeface
keep the animal stem alive ( it ’s almost like G1 transformer was suggest animals were evil or something ) is Apeface , a Headmaster Horrorcon Triple Changer with way too much locomote on . He transformed from a gorilla to a jet because that ’s a natural changeover .
Having too much going is a Transformers thing - just look atthe poster . But while Transformers proved the concept was brilliant , it was n’t unfailing . Apeface made minuscule sense as a toy and did n’t look any better . He really looks more like one of the aliens inAttack The Blockthan he does a robot Gorilla gorilla .
Best: Megatron
Megatron stay one of the coolest Decepticons because of his remorseless , cold ambition . His toy fashion from 1984 is n’t that gravid - the transition from a smooth-spoken hired gun entrust him awkward and nowhere near as levy as he is on the animated cartoon . But he makes up for a mountain with that huge arm shank . With a notable articulation supplied bylegendary outspoken talent Frank Welker , and a brutal determination to rule Cybertron , Earth , and whatever else is lying around , Megatron is coolheaded .
Worst: Mindwipe
One of the perennial job of all Transformers in any era is accommodating graduated table . Autobots and Decepticons routinely turn into objects much bigger or little than them , leading to some serious handwaving in other media . A enceinte example is Mindwipe , an absolute beast of a automaton who transforms into a bat . at-bat are cool - askBatman- and golem birds are , too - ask Laserbeak . But there was already a Decepticon bat in Ratbat , and a giant majestic automaton squash racquet did n’t make much sense .
Best: Shockwave
Shockwave contrast the hyper - dream of Starscream and ruthless madness of Megatron with dusty logic . Plus he transformed into a laser gun . The brains behind the Decepticon effort , Shockwave often challenged Megatron with plots within plots , and when that failed , he turned to programme B which was sheer firepower . But he hung around , even after many of his peers fall in the 1986 animate movie . Shockwave also has one of the most unique design among the G1 Transformers , with his cyclopean yellow oculus and laser emitter hand .
Worst: Rippersnapper
Rippersnapper ’s canonical deal was he was hugely unsafe , which makes sense because he was basically a walking shark . None of that works , and if he was move forJaws , he missed the sauceboat . Rippersnapper was a member of the Terrorcons , though none of them were particularly scary .
Like many other G1 transformer that get in toward the remnant of the line , the concept of ' golem in disguise ' became less and less important . The idea Rippersnapper was hold in anything than his massive insecurities was a laugh .
Best: Soundwave
Soundwave is very out of date when it comes to his golem disguise - a cassette player - but the Deceptionspymasterremains hugely pop with buff . Aloof , super machinelike in his voice , and a walking armored auto hold back several of his most crafty spy and assassins , Soundwave never knuckle under to some of the dizzy chemical element the eighty sketch inflicted on the dealership . His popularity was such that Soundwave went on to be trade in toy stores through 1986 , long after his 1984 freshmen class had been retired .
